- Tajik–Afghan bridge at Tem-Demogan
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Carries Commercial and passenger vehicles up to 25 metric tonnes Crosses Panj River Locale Tem, Tajikistan / Demogan, Afghanistan Design Suspension bridge Total length 135 metres Width 3.5 metres Opened 3 November 2002 The Tajik-Afghan bridge at Tem-Demogan was opened on 3 November 2002.[1][2][3][4] It spans the Panj River. It was the first of four bridges planned to be built with the assistance of the Aga Khan Foundation.
Tem is a microdistrict of Khorugh,[5] in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan, which is very sparsely settled. Many of the inhabitants there are Ismaili muslims -- followers of the Aga Khan.
Demogan is a location in Afghanistan.
The bridge cost $400,000.[1]
See also
- Tajikistan–Afghanistan bridge at Panji Poyon
- Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge
References
- ^ a b "Press Release: Aga Khan and Tajik and Afghan Leaders Open Bridge into Afghanistan". Aga Khan Development Network. 2002-11-03. http://www.akdn.org/press_release.asp?ID=550. Retrieved 2008-12-05. mirror
- ^ "Aga Khan and Karzai discuss Afghanistan rehabilitation progress". ReliefWeb. 2002-11-05. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/ACOS-64BQQX?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2008-12-05. mirror
- ^ "Aga Khan and Tajik and Afghan leaders open bridge into Afghanistan". ReliefWeb. 2002-11-03. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/ACOS-64BVGE?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ^ "Darwaz Bridge to strengthen commercial ties and Tajik-Afghan relations". Aga Khan Development Network. http://www.akdn.org/press_release.asp?ID=359. Retrieved 2008-12-04. mirror
- ^ "Tajikistan building bridge across river to Afghanistan in east"
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